This Thursday, a group of artists (glad to see our Casconian representatives!!!) have gathered in an unusual event: an auction for art made with recycled paper. "Paper" in Spanish is also called "Papel" which happens to be also the word we use as in "roll" (a.i. the roll of a person). So it is called the "Roll/Paper of artists counts".

La Casona will be hosting this weekend in honor to Women´s Day an art show featuring female Panamanian artists. Last time I was there, she featured great work from Marta Sanchez and many other artists who worked either painting, photography, and even sculpture. This year they are including oriental dance, jewelry and more! The weekend seems to start with a nice Electro & Dancehall party!

Starting this June 4th you will value an exhibition of art and poetry created by Marta Sanchez and his friends.

Panama, City of Panama

Casco Antiguo Events

 

 

2009 Artistic Season

 

 

February 13          National Ballet                                                                   La Chorrera

               

March 3 to 15      Seminar Workshop of Movie and Tv Scripts                      Anthropological Museum

                                                                                                                        Reina Torres de Araúz

March 12             National Symphony Orchestra Weiyin Chen (Pianist)        National Teather

March 20             National Ballet of Panama                                                 National Teather

March 24             National Symphony Orchestra                                            Colón

March 27             Cultural  Fair                                                                       Plaza de Francia

 

April 1                   National Symphony Orchestra                                           National Teather                            

April 2                   National Symphony Orchestra                                           National Teather

April 3                   Show of national artists , folks and modern dance           Colón

April 7                   National Symphony Orchestra                                           24 de Diciembre

April 18                Great Folkloric Ballet of Panama "Music and Dance"       National Teather

April 19                Great Folkloric Ballet of Panama " Music and Dance"      National Teather

April 27 to 29       National Ballet of Panama                                                 National Teather

                             International  Week of dance

 

May 6 to 12        Collective exposure of bare                                                 Visual Arts Gallery

                           Silfrido Ibarra , Alberto Dutari, Julio Zachrisson,                  Las Bóvedas

                           Etanislao Arias y otros

 

June 4 to 19        Marta Sanchéz                                                                   Visual Arts Gallery

 

July 6 to 17         Franklin Rodríguez                                                              Visual Arts Gallery                          

 

 

The Music Festival Alfredo Saint Malo is coming! This year will be held from May 28th to June 7th in Casco Viejo. See the events calendar here

This weekend was a lot of fun. Unusual events, urban art everywhere. Baños Públicos at its best! my photos are good, but I think I´m going to get a video camera next time. Tried to do it over my Sony cellphone, but didn´t really work...

Apparently there was a "Women´s Day" last week. At the same time I wonder if there is a "Man´s Day" at some point other than Father´s Day, since there is ceirtainly a "Children´s Day" (at least in Panama) on top of other holidays. The good part of actually getting a day named with a theme (other than selling more of the corresponding merchandise) is that some people actually takes the time to think seriously about it and create true awareness about the issue.